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Explore new adventures in style in the new Mitsubishi Pajero Sport Shogun
2018-11-15 Staff Reporter
Mitsubishi Motors South Africa has announced the arrival the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport Shogun Limited Edition which is based on the popular Pajero Sport 4×4 8-speed A/T, offering customers a vehicle ready for their family action adventure — staying connected and fully equipped with all the necessities to explore their active lifestyles. Represented locally by AMH Motors, the much-anticipated Shogun is also expected to be available locally at a price tag of between N$600 000 and N$700 000.
For most, if not all, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport owners, the essence of life is not only the way they live, work or play, but their family. and their Pajero Sport. Whatever your destination, the Pajero Sport Shogun will get you there, combining reliability, comfort and safety for the ultimate terrain-conquering performance. It’s built for the family adventures all the best memories are made of.
Available in silver, titanium grey and pearl white, this latest addition to the Mitsubishi Motors stable boasts thousands of dollars worth of equipment and additional luxury at no additional cost.
“The new Pajero Sport Shogun is stylish and luxurious with a bolder, more aggressive look,” says Nic Campbell, General Manager at Mitsubishi Motors South Africa. “The Shogun is an ultimate family SUV limited edition that not only competes with similar SUV limited editions in the market, but suits the active lifestyle that is so popular in the marketplace.”
Unchanged standard features
The new Pajero Sport Shogun is based on the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport 4×4 A/T which has been selected as a finalist for the 2019 South African Car of the Year competition, to be announced in April 2019.
Families aspire to a vehicle such as the Pajero Sport Shogun, loving the benefit of the spaciousness, safety, practicability and ride height it offers. Apart from that, its seven seats and its car-like driving and manoeuvrability similar to that of a passenger car, allow them to drive it every day, anywhere.
The new Pajero Sport Shogun boasts class-leading technology including its super-smooth 8-speed automatic transmission with Intelligent Shift Control and Mitsubishi Motor’s latest version of their unique Super Select II 4WD System with Electronic Off-road Assistance and Hill Descent Control, as well as Active Stability and Traction Control with Rear Diff Lock.
Mitsubishi Motors’ super-responsive 2.4L MIVEC turbo-diesel engine is the perfect fit to the 8-speed automatic transmission, delivering the optimum balance of engine power, fuel economy and interior quietness with smooth acceleration at low engine revolutions. This state-of-the-art 2.4-litre intercooled engine with a Variable-geometry turbocharger (VGT) produces 133 kW @ 3 500 rpm and 430 Nm @ 2 500 rpm, offering a 2 790 kg Towing Mass (braked) for outdoor lovers to tow their off-road caravans or trailers, boats or horseboxes.
Safety is even more important for Mitsubishi with outstanding active and passive safety features including 7 Airbags, ISOFIX Child Seat Anchors, Rain-sensing Windscreen Wipers, Rear Park Distance Control, Rear-view Camera, Active Stability and Traction Control (ASTC), Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist System (BAS), Hill Start Assist System (HAS) and Daytime Running Lights (DRL) are also found in the Shogun.
The luxurious leather interior with a quality look and soft touch includes an electrically adjustable driver’s seat, tilt and telescopic adjustable steering column and multi-function leather steering wheel with audio and cruise control are just a few of the most important features also found in the Pajero Sport Shogun, not to mention the 120 Watt Power Plug added for and other electronic devices.
Additional features:
In addition, the Pajero Sport Shogun boasts a host of extra equipment and features, valued at approximately N$60 000, at no additional cost.
An exceptional feature of the new Pajero Sport Shogun is the new Apple and Android capability of the hugely upgraded factory-fitted infotainment system, including a 7-inch LCD touch screen with touch-key buttons, Bluetooth, GPS and a USB connector with Bluetooth connectivity, also allowing music streaming via the system.
Apart from the Apple CarPlay/Android Auto Infotainment System, the Pajero Sport Shogun is fitted with attractive and practical Thule roof racks, a headlamp protector set, a bonnet guard, a black nudge bar, black door handles, a boot cover, side window visor/deflector set, tow bar, Shogun decals in black and silver and a Shogun carpet set branded in grey.
“With the upcoming holidays — for many people their annual break — the Pajero Sport Shogun offers the right equipment at the right price for any adventure,” concludes Campbell.
Pricing, warranty
and service
The Pajero Sport Shogun retails in South Africa for N$639 995 including all the additional equipment, worth N$60 000, at no extra cost to the customer.
The Pajero Sport Shogun is covered by Mitsubishi Motor’s 3-year / 100 000 km manufacturer’s warranty and a 5-year / 90 000 km service plan with 10 000 km service intervals.
DRIVEN: Mitsubishi Pajero Sport Shogun
In your letter to Santa this year, you kindly requested some bespoke 4×4 kit for your new bakkie-based SUV this Christmas. Firstly, a standard SUV might not suffice when the going gets tough and secondly, who wants their proud steed to look like that of the neighbours? Fortunately, Mitsubishi has done the legwork for you in speccing out the new Mitsubishi Pajero Sport Shogun with R70 000-worth of accessories at no extra cost.
So what do you get?
The Shogun is upgraded with Australian-sourced Tough Dog shock absorbers, chunky Geolander off-road tyres by Yokohama, Stofpad protection plates for the engine and transmission case, Stofpad chassis-protecting rock-slider running boards fitted, a Front Runner roof rack with spotlight,a detachable towbar and a snorkel. Inside, a rubber mat is provided in the boot to protect the cargo area and a new Garmin GPS Nuvi-cam that’s pre-loaded with popular African overland routes and maps (thanks to Maps 4 Africa) will allow you to easily navigate to remote locations.
The vehicle
The Pajero Sport has been around for a while but never managed to step out of the vast shadow of the segment-leading Toyota Fortuner. This is unfortunate as it shares many qualities with the Toyota, namely its bakkie-based (Triton) roots, ladder frame chassis, proper off-road capability, including low-range and a rear diff lock, strong and reliable turbodiesel engines and seven-seater packaging.
Interior
Although the interior design does betray the Pajero Sport’s age, the standard of fit and finish is good. Leather seats add a bit of class and the central display on the upper facia feeds you plenty of information, ranging from fuel consumption to an altitude reading. Handy though it may be, aftermarket GPS system’s wiring is rather messy. But on the plus side there electrical adjustment for the front seats and legroom in the second row is excellent. Even the third row is capable of accommodating small adults comfortably.
Oil burner
The 2,5-litre turbodiesel unit currently employed replaced the trusty 3,2-litre engine about two years ago. The drop in capacity did not equate to a reduction in power output, however, as the newer unit delivers 131 kW and 350 N.m when paired with the 5-speed automatic transmission in the Shogun (the manual transmission version gets the full 400 N.m).
How does it go?
There is no hiding the fact that bakkie-based SUV’s are generally more agricultural when compared with their unibody counterparts. In the case of the Shogun the engine is quite noisy and the induction and turbo noises are amplified by the snorkel opening just inches away from the driver’s ears (the hardebaarde might actually enjoy this).
Do not be fooled by the supercar-like, metal shift paddles behind the steering wheel. The 5-speed auto transmission is of the lazy-shifting variety and encourages a conservative drive style. Stamp on the accelerator from a standing start and the turbo takes its time to spool up while the transmission becomes flummoxed by the hurry-up message. Once the engine speed reaches the mid-range there is more than enough punch, however. The Shogun is more suited to relaxed cruising on the open road than doing the milk-and-bread run around town.
Safety
The steering is on the heavy side but quite predictable. As with any bakkie-based SUV, noticeable body roll will see you slowing down dramatically for the bends in the name of safety. Talking about safety, the vehicle is fitted with disc brakes all round, electronic stability control and six airbags.
The ride
Owing to the uprated dampers, the ride is on the firm side, becoming decidedly choppy on corrugated dirt roads. Once the road surface oscillations diminished, however, the Shogun dispatched long dirt sections with ease, feeling sturdy and mechanically unbreakable from the driver’s seat.
Offroad
There is no denying that the Pajero Sport is a proper 4×4. Four-wheel-drive is still selected by moving the short stubby lever, located to the right of the gear lever, forward, with a further push forward engaging low-range. This setting is ideal for rock-crawling and the rear diff lock can be easily activated at the press of a button when additional traction is called for. It’s a basic but effective setup, although taller drivers might find that the stubby lever brushes their left leg when 4H or 4L is selected.
Should you buy one?
The fact that the new Triton bakkie is expected next year (spawning a possible new Pajero Sport) might have something to do with Mitsubishi’s generosity in fitting the outgoing model with all of this extra kit free of charge. It is, however, beginning to show its age and consequently sits more on the rugged end of the driving spectrum, so if you need a vehicle for the daily run and commuting the hard-as-nails Shogun won’t fit the bill. Still, if you need a vehicle for family adventures into Africa, the Shogun offers good value for money and undercuts the main opposition.
Озвучены цены внедорожника Mitsubishi Shogun Sport нового поколения
Британский офис японской компании Mitsubishi Motors Corporation огласил цены и комплектации внедорожника Mitsubishi Shogun Sport нового поколения. Во многих странах мира, включая Россию, этот автомобиль известен под названием Mitsubishi Pajero Sport.
Как сообщалось ранее, «живые» продажи нового Mitsubishi Shogun Sport в Великобритании стартуют весной 2018 года. Автомобиль будет предложен в различных комплектациях, по цене от £36 905 до £38 905, что по текущему обменному курсу валют составляет порядка 2 866 000 – 3 021 000 рублей.
На британском рынке внедорожник будет предлагаться с 2,4-литровым дизельным двигателем, который способен генерировать 181 (178) лошадиную силу и 430 Нм крутящего момента. Автомобиль доступен с системой полного привода Super Select 4WD II и 8-диапазонной автоматической трансмиссией.
Уже в базовом исполнении внедорожник Mitsubishi Shogun Sport нового поколенияполучает несколько систем безопасности и помощи водителю. Самая доступная версия модели также получает кожаную обивку салона, передние кресла с электрическими регулировками, наружные зеркала с электроприводом, светодиодную оптику, 2-зонный климат-контроль, реверсивную камеру с задними датчиками парковки, Bluetooth, автоматические фары и стеклоочистители, а также систему доступа «без ключа».
В более дорогой и богатой комплектации внедорожник Mitsubishi Shogun Sport нового поколения оснащается передними креслами с обогревом, продвинутой акустической системой Mitsubishi Power Sound System (до 510 Ватт), расширенным списком систем безопасности и помощи водителю.
Для внедорожника новой генерации будут доступно несколько цветовых решений, включая металлизированные и перламутровые оттенки Deep Bronze, Atlantic Grey и Sterling Silver, Imperial Red и Solid Polar White. Кроме этого, для топовой версии внедорожника Mitsubishi Shogun Sport доступен эксклюзивный колер Cosmos Black.